The Bloomfield Bees will face off against the Homer Knights on Monday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Thursday, Bloomfield narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Winside 3-2.
Bloomfield had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 20-25, 23-25, 25-19, 25-22, 16-14.
Bloomfield's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Brena Johnson, who had ten digs, and Haley Eisenhauer, who had 12 digs, nine kills, and two aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Bloomfield was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in six consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Homer earned a 2-0 victory over Schuyler on Saturday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Knights.
Homer was dominant in the second set, but otherwise had just enough against a tough Schuyler squad. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-12.
Bloomfield's win bumped their record up to 4-6. As for Homer, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-3 record this season.
Bloomfield came up short against Homer when the teams last played back in September of 2023, falling 2-0. Will Bloomfield have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other volleyball content.
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